The message 200311291456.AOZ87535@msgdirector2.onetel.net.uk from "Edenyard" mail@edenyard.co.uk contains these words:
Alright, then! I didn't think I had anything useful to add to this thread, but because MJR wrote the above and I have a lot of respect for what he writes, I'll attempt to add in my tuppence.
Why don't 'the others' get involved? I can only share my experiences. I run a Linux system, from which I have learnt a lot but I've only scratched the surface, as things go, and I still need lots of help. One area in which I really do need help just now is in getting a good video card. I posted a message about this and, when I saw all those digests waiting to be read earlier today, I felt sure that the answer to my question would be in there.
But no! Nothing! What? Does nobody else on this list use a video card? Or have I not used the correct incantation to get a response? So how come no-one had ANYTHING to say on this subject?
I've got no idea which card I have in mine, and the only driver I can find is a bog-standard Samsung VGA one on an installation CD with other gismos.
Did you say why you wanted a different card and what constitutes 'good'?
When I got the bits for the box I said that games would *NOT* be played on it, so I wanted good cards, but not super-expensive ones capable of coping with quickly-changing and detailed graphics, so (I'm only guessing here) I'm probably not really able to help, even by excavating under the desk and disembowelling my box to find out.
Now this isn't, by any means, the first time I've had this experience on this list. Maybe I'm not alone (I'll assume that I'm not singled out for this treatment), so if others have had this experience with ALUG (or any LUG, really), then maybe it's not so surprising that lots of would-be members don't participate as much as would be desired.
Well, every time I've raised my hand and whimpered plaintively everyone's rallied round and solved my current problem. Whether this will continue as I get more proficient at finding really complicated ones, only time will tell.
Right - I suppose you'll want to excommunicate me after that contribution....
That rather depends on how much of this batch of beer is left for me once the List has had a goat at it......